According to that interesting website 'Vitisphere,' the vignerons of Beaujolais are feeling the need to diversify their red grape portfolio like the vingnerons of Bordeaux.
How many grapes does the Beaujolais red grape portfolio contain? One of course: Gamay.
Here are the 4 varieties suggested to provide some diversity:
Beaugaray (a Gamay/Heroldrebe cross)
Gaminot (Gamay/Pinot Noir)
Granita (Auxerrois/Portugais Bleu)
Picarlat (Pinot Noir/Cabernet Sauvignon)
All four of these have been obtained by INRA and others in the 1970's and have been inscribed into the French catalogue and classification of grape varieties (2014).
As a reminder, the newly proposed vaieties for Bordeaux include
Only Arinarnoa and Marselan are crossings as opposed to the 4 Beaujolais contenders, all of which are relatively newly developed varieties. It's interesting that two of the crossings. Gamay/Pinot Noir and Pinot Noir/Cabernet Sauvignon are so mainstream. We are sure there are other varieties made from these crossings but we can't find any for the moment.
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